Definition of "sevruga" []

• A sturgeon (Acipenser stellatus) of the Caspian Sea, whose small gray roe is used for caviar. (noun)
• Caviar made from the roe of the sevruga. (noun)

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• "Dishes that Dazzle: When Price Is No ObjectZillion Dollar FrittataOn the menu at Norma's at Le Parker Meridien hotel in New York, this $1,000 six-egg omelette comes complete with an entire lobster's worth of meat and 10 ounces of sevruga caviar on top."
• "The two pounds of caviar in each of the sevruga sturgeons are worth $40 wholesale on the Volga delta -- and up to $1,400 in New York or Paris."
• "Before dinner we munched on quail eggs and sevruga and checked out the Picassos."